Christmas Day

This was a fun Christmas for our family. Padraic, since he's almost 4, understood the concept of "Santa" better this year. He insisted on seeing Santa in the mall to tell him what he wanted for Christmas. Terry and I had the fun role of playing Santa this year for our little guy. We left unwrapped presents around the tree and set up the "big" present-a new 'Geo Tracks' train set- ready for Padraic to see as soon as he woke up in the morning. I wish I could have captured the expression on his little face when he spotted the new trains. It was as if he was thinking, "Where did that train come from? I know that I didn't have that one yesterday, so how did it get here?" Confusion and uncertainty were written all over his face. I asked him if he knew who had brought him the new train track and he relpied, "I don't know." When I told him that Santa had brought it for him, he looked at me as if I were nuts! But it did not take him long to get past his not knowing exactly how it come to be in our living room and soon he was enthusiastically playing with his new toy.